---
type: "Bill"
title: "compact; balanced budget; convention"
description: "compact; balanced budget; convention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2226"
citation: "Arizona HB 2226 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTICLE V CONVENTION", "BALANCED BUDGET", "COMPACT COMMISSION", "COMPACTS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/842d0e24-2658-4f79-8450-09a7fa541989"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68747?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "4709ad4df1232ce775216d90c69591964d140d0d3acc039ba749ec3b656f5b4b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona HB 2226 (53rd-1st-regular) — compact; balanced budget; convention

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0121.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2226H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2226P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Bob Worsley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-17** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** house placed on consent calendar
- **2017-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-10** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-27** transmit to house
- **2017-03-28** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/842d0e24-2658-4f79-8450-09a7fa541989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).